Marouane Chamakh Striker Out Of Champions League Clash With Knee Injury.

Marouane Chamakh has been ruled out of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League clash with Marseille on Tuesday and the 27-year-old striker is likely to be replaced on the bench for the Group F clash by Park Chu-Young after suffering a knee injury to a arsenal boss Arsene Wenger now faces an anxious wait to see how long the Morocco striker is sidelined.

The Chamakh is injured, said Wenger he has a knee problem and is not involved and joining the promising South Korean on the bench will be Thomas Vermaelen as he eases himself back to full fitness.

The Belgian defender suffered a minor calf strain on his return against Bolton and featured late on as a substitute in Arsenal's 5-3 mauling of Chelsea on Saturday and the wenger is also able to welcome back Carl Jenkinson who was named in the squad alongside his defensive partner he added, They will both be available and in the squad tomorrow and i have not picked the team yet so I don't know if they are fit enough to start are they fit enough to play? Yes, of course for a yossi Benayoun is also back in the squad.

International career for a Chamakh is a Moroccan international at the senior level in prior to representing Morocco he played for the under-19 team of France and made his debut on 12 February 2003 in a friendly match against the Czech Republic to that was his only appearance with the team in qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Chamakh scored 3 goals and One of his goals during qualification occurred on 8 October 2010 against Tunisia for he appeared in only 4 matches and scored no goals as Morocco failed to qualify for both the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.After going scoreless for 6 months at international level, on 4 June 2011, Chamakh scored the second goal in a 4–0 win over Algeria in qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves

Dani Alves the Media Try To Destabilise Barcelona, Nothing Will Affect Us and the Brazilian full-back has stressed that the Catalans should not let any criticism get to them and insists that he and his team-mates have never doubted their abilities.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has made it clear that media criticism cannot destabilise the Champions League holders as he feels nothing can affect them and the Catalans' form has been questioned in recent weeks after a goalless draw against Sevilla and a narrow 1-0 win over Granada.

The Alves insists he and his team-mates remain unperturbed as they ignore any negative comments from outside of the club to we have to avoid looking at what's being said about us in the media, because they are usually full of the Alves was quoted as saying by they are trying to destabilise us, but nothing can affect Barca.

We should not give any importance to criticism from the outside world. We have to trust in our potential to the important thing is that we never doubted our own abilities and the barcelona climbed to second place in La Liga following their impressive 5-0 home win over Mallorca on Saturday.

Striker Robert Hall Only Experienced One Defeat In His 10 Games At Oxford And He Recalled By West Ham.

West Ham United have recalled striker Robert Hall from his loan spell at League Two Oxford United and he 18, has been instrumental in Oxford's success this season scoring 6 goals in 10 games for the U's and the U's had wanted to extend his loan stay but West Ham have injury concerns and have asked Hall to return.

Although we are disappointed to see Robbie go at this point, we always knew this was a possibility when taking him on loan said, chairman Kelvin Thomas added, The timing is tough as we had begun discussions on extending his loan for a longer period and there would have been no issue with this without West Ham's injury problems.

The positive is that it is great for Robbie He has come here, played well to scored goals and had that little bit of experience and west Ham are very happy with the way he has been looked after and the way he has played and have taken him back to be involved with the 1st team squad.

West Ham are very happy with the way he has been looked after and says, Kelvin Thomas

Emmanuel Adebayor Has Scored Three Goals For Tottenham This Season And My Time At Man City Was A Headache Says Emmanuel Adebayor.

Emmanuel Adebayor insists he has no regrets about leaving Manchester City and described his time at the club as a "headache" and he joined Tottenham on a season-long loan in August after being frozen out of Roberto Mancini's plans since last December in e told BBC Sport, "I wish them the best of luck do I wish to be part of that team right now? No.

The Mancini's expensively-assembled side have moved to the top of the Premier League in Adebayor's absence, but the former Arsenal striker said he is not missing life at City after quickly settling into his new surroundings in north London and you want to be in a house where you feel comfortable, added the former Togo striker.

Adebayor has scored three goals in 6 games this season to help edge Tottenham closer to the top four and qualification for the Champions League in we have to do everything it takes to go beyond that line, he said, we can achieve that as a goal and the adebayor said he was impressed with the strength of Tottenham's squad and it is not only Rafael Van der Vaart, Luka Modric and Gareth Bale who have caught his eye.

Every morning when you come in you see lots of lads working hard in the gym to be fit for the weekend which is a very good sign, added Adebayor and the tottenham's next game is against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.

World Cup 2014 qualifying Argentina squad.

Fernando Gago & Ezequiel Lavezzi back in Argentina squad for World Cup 2014 qualifying and the two-time world champions have made several notable changes in the squad selection and one new inclusion as Internacional midfielder Pablo Guinazu makes the grade.

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has picked 21 players for the upcoming World Cup 2014 Conmebol qualifying matches against Bolivia and Colombia and his list includes Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi and Roma's Fernando Gago who return to the squad after missing the previous qualifiers against Chile and Venezuela.

Goalkeepers:  Mariano Andujar, Sergio Romero

Defenders:  Nicolas Burdisso, Martin Demichelis, Federico Fernández, Luciano Monzon, Marcos Rojo, Pablo Zabaleta

Midfielders:  Ever Banega, Fernando Gago, Pablo Guinazu, Javier Mascherano, Javier Pastore, Jose Sosa

Strikers:  Sergio Aguero, German Denis, Angel Di Maria, Nicolas Gaitan, Gonzalo Higuain, Ezequiel Lavezz, Lionel Messi

Argentina play Bolivia on November 11, and then Colombia four days later.

Carlos Tevez Has Not Played For City Since They Beat Birmingham On 21 September.

Manchester City have cut Carlos Tevez's fine to two weeks wages after the Professional Footballers Association refused to support a four-week penalty and the city found Tevez guilty of refusing to play and four other breaches of contract in a Champions League game against Bayern Munich in September.

The PFA backs Tevez's claim that he merely refused to warm up and said a two-week fine is the maximum allowed a city accused the PFA of a "conflict of interest" in its handling of the case to a city statement said, "Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.

Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, on whose considerations the club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision and the manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28th today's PFA decision is a departure from the club's understanding of that dialogue.

City have been further advised that manager Roberto Mancini's post-match comments in he claimed Tevez had refused to play, could amount to defamation of character and that legal action against him could be forthcoming and he had 14 days to appeal against the misconduct charge and is understood to be considering his legal options.

Brazil and Santos Legend Pele Celebrated His 71st Birthday in London.

Pele celebrates 71st birthday and Premier League is best in Europe, Sylvester Stallone was my toughest opponent & Lionel Messi is an incomplete player and the 'The King' was in the English capital to launch his new sports lifestyle collection, bringing out the stars and a number of eye catching quotes in the process.

Brazil and Santos legend Pele celebrated his 71st birthday in London in typical outspoken style this week hailing the Premier League as Europe's top division branding Lionel Messi an incomplete player and i would love to play with Lionel Messi is an incomplete player because he cannot use his head for also i played football for 20 years and Messi has only played for several years.

Pele was speaking at a special drinks reception held in London's Covent Garden to mark his 71st birthday to a guests including Rio Ferdinand, brother Anton ex-Bayern Munich and Barcelona stalwart Patrick Andersson and Pele's 1970 World Cup opponent Terry Cooper formerly of England and Leeds United and the brazil's leading all-time goalscorer said he was delighted to be in England and hailed the country's top-flight division to the English Premier League is the best league in Europe, better than La Liga.

The Barnes said, Alex is one of the best young players in the English Premier League to he made his debut at the 16 and if he achieves a fraction Pele did he will have a fantastic career for a everyone remembers Pele's Brazil teams from 1957-70 and the World Cup victories of '58, '62 and '70 and Only a few things are memorable from my childhood the Apollo moon landings, Muhammad Ali's boxing fights and Pele on behalf of the PFA, we are delighted to present this award as a symbol of our esteem as a birthday present Pele was presented by PFA Deputy Chief Executive Bobby Barnes and Arsenal youngster Alex Oxlade Chamberlain with a special lifetime award to a 18-carat gold-plated football boot.

City Blitz Silences Wolves and Mancini's Men Book Their Place In The Last Eight With Five Star Show.

Three goals in the space of four minutes helped Manchester City sweep aside Wolves 5-2 and book their place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals and the hosts took a deserved lead early on at Molineux through Nenad Milijas were caught napping towards the end of the first half as Adam Johnson, Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko all found the target.

An own goal from Dorus de Vries and another from Dzeko had City out of sight after the interval to meaning an effort from Wolves substitute Jamie O'Hara counted for little things had started so well for Mick McCarthy's side, with the home support doing their utmost to get behind their team following a weekend of discontent and they took the lead with 18 minutes on the clock, with Milijas pouncing to lash home a loose ball following some uncharacteristically sloppy defending by City.

Roberto Mancini's men proved in Sunday's 6-1 demolition of Manchester United that they know the way to goal and responded slick three-goal blitz as half-time approached and the 1st Johnson swept past De Vries on 37 minutes and moments later they were ahead as Nasri was sprung clear and rolled the ball into the bottom corner.

Johnson was causing havoc at this stage and he played a part in City's 3rd with Dzeko hammering into the roof of the net after De Vries could only block a close-range effort from Luca Scapuzzi back into play was four for the visitors five minutes after the interval as Scapuzzi's bundled effort was hacked clear off the line and ricocheted back over it off De Vries.

Robin Van Persie Has Scored Nine Time in 13 Games This Season & Arsenal Expect To Re-Sign.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident club captain Robin van Persie will sign a new contract and he is 28, has scored nine goals in 13 games for Arsenal this season and his current deal runs until July 2013.

The Gunners have not yet officially begun negotiations with Van Persie, the only current player to have won a trophy with Arsenal and the Wenger told BBC Sport: "He has 18 months to go and I'm confident he'll sign a new deal to i am always confident.

Arsenal will be keen to hold onto his talisman following the departures of key players Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and Gael Clichy during the summer transfer window and the wenger brought in midfield duo Yossi Benayoun and Mikel Arteta to the defender Per Mertesacker and forward Ju-Young Park were also added to his new-look side.

International career for a Van Persie was a U-21 international and took part in the 2004 and 2006 European Championship qualifying and he was used in a wider role as a left wing due to the preference of the experienced Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the striker role in the Jong Oranje failed to qualify for the 2004 tournament and Van Persie did not participate in the latter as he was already in the senior squad for the FIFA World Cup.

Barcelona And Real Madrid are great teams.

Barcelona & Real Madrid are great teams, but I would like to stay at Manchester City for many years, says David Silva and the midfielder claims he is focused on winning trophies under Roberto Mancini and reveals he is surprised that he has adapted in the Premier League so quickly after 2010 switch.

David Silva insists he is happy at Manchester City and is willing to stay at the club "for many years" for a strong performances from the 25-year-old could potentially attract interest from Europe's elite ahead of the January transfer window but the Spaniard had offers from both Real Madrid and Barcelona before signing for City are claims he is focused only on winning trophies for Roberto Mancini's side.

Madrid and Barcelona are great teams, but I'm happy here and I would like to stay here for many years of a my family are the same as me, we're happy to the people treat me really well and I'm very relaxed i live in a very peaceful area, a small town, Silva told Cadena SER and the important thing is the team. We are playing well and we are leaders at the end of the season we will be in the fight and maybe we'll win the title to a like any other club to they are putting together a great team and we hope to be one of the biggest sides in Europe.

Silva also claimed his disagreement over Spain's squad selection with manager Vicente del Bosque is now at end after previously stating the 60-year-old favours players from Barcelona and Real Madrid and the opportunity to play those 2 games against the Czech Republic and Scotland and the team won to i played as a forward went well and I was comfortable also because my team mates made things easy for me.

Per Mertesacker Eyes Top Four And German Stopper Feels Gunners Squad Are Starting To Gel.

Per Mertesacker insists everyone at Arsenal is focused on a top-four Premier League finish despite enduring a rocky start to the season and the gunners currently sit seventh in the standings after poor results early in the campaign hindered their progress for a arsene Wenger's men seem to be getting back on course having won their last two league encounters at home to Stoke and Sunderland.

And the german centre back Mertesacker summer arrival at Emirates Stadium from Werder Bremen, insists finishing in the top four, as well as progressing in the UEFA Champions League, are Arsenal's main objectives and the table is very important for us now Mertesacker told Sky Sports News To be in the 1st four is kind of a target everybody has at this club in the Champions League we want to go through it's a hard wait for a i am very confident and I think we'll do this.

He arrived at Arsenal on transfer deadline day and admits not being able to get acquainted with the team in pre season has made it more difficult to settle in North London and 27-year-old feels things are coming together now the players who arrived late in the transfer window are better adjusted for we have no time to do lots of work to we have to use the games and work hard as a team, he added to if we have no pre-season it's a difficult situation but now I've had my pre-season and we are doing well.

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has left his position as Leicester City boss by mutual consent and the 63-year-old has overseen an inconsistent start to the season winning only five of 13 league games after spending heavily in the summer to the 1st team coach Derek Fazackerly has also left the club.

Academy director Jon Rudkin and coach Mike Stowell have taken joint control of the 1st team, to the assistance from development coach Steve Beaglehole and when contacted by BBC Sport, Eriksson refused to comment other than to confirm his departure for a statement on Leicester's website said, the club and its board of directors would like to thank Sven and Derek for the contribution they have made to Leicester City during their 13 months at King Power Stadium.

The process of recruiting a new permanent manager will begin in the coming days to there will be no further comments from the club or any comment on the recruitment process until an appointment is made.

Successfully managed Leicester from 1995-2000 and leading them into the Premier League and to two League Cup successes in 1997 and 2000 has been installed as an early favourite to succeed Eriksson.

Sven Goran Eriksson Clubs Carrier Mexico, 2008-09, for a Degerfors, 1977-78, IFK Gothenburg, 1979-82, Benfica, 1982-84, Roma, 1984-87, Fiorentina, 1987-89, Benfica, 1989-92, Sampdoria, 1992-97, Lazio, 1997-2001, England, 2001-06, Manchester City, 2007-08, Ivory Coast, 2010 and the Leicester City, 2010-11.

Javier Hernandez Signs Five Year Manchester United Contract And Hernandez Scored 23 Goals in 55 Appearances For United Last Season.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez has signed a new five-year contract to keep him at Old Trafford until 2016 and the Mexican, 23, who signed from Chivas de Guadalajara in July 2010, scored 23 goals in his 1st season at the club to the united boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: The last player I remember making an impact as quickly is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Hernandez said: "Playing for Manchester United has been a dream come true and he added, "I never expected my 1st year to go so well and I'm delighted to commit my future to United to win a title and appear in a Champions League final was fantastic for the i am looking forward to helping my team mates as we bid to win more trophies to this great club.

The Mexico international was on the bench for United's 6-1 drubbing by neighbours Manchester City on Sunday but came on after 65 minutes and he missed the start of the season after suffering concussion on United's pre-season tour of the United States in he has recently been linked with a move to Real Madrid and United have acted to tie him up on a long-term deal.

Ferguson added: His talent for creating space in the box and his finishing ability mark him out as a natural goalscorer and the Off the pitch he is a pleasure to manage and he works very hard and is a popular member of the squad.

Villa Appeal Herd Red Card and Villa Boss Blames Guess-Work On Decision & Managers Believes Sending Off To Be An Honest Mistake On The Part Of The Officials.

Aston Villa are set to appeal against the controversial red card shown to Chris Herd in Saturday's 2-1 defeat by West Brom and the versatile Herd was sent off following a seemingly innocuos tangle with West Brom defender Jonas Olsson which led of the visitors also being awarded a penalty.

Referee Phil Dowd dismissed Herd after his attention was drawn to the incident by his assistant and McLeish feels guesswork was involved and he had been leading 1-0 at the time of the red card and McLeish is adamant that Herd did nothing wrong and the "No doubt about it, looking at the pictures again Chris (Herd) has done nothing wrong," McLeish told Sky Sports News.

It's a poor decision on the day by the official and the these things are not deliberate he's made an honest mistake it's a shame that he's guessed the decision, rather than seeing anything derby fixture also saw Alan Hutton escape punishment for a challenge that saw West Brom striker Shane Long sustain potential ligament damage.

The Villa boss added: It always gets highlighted when a player gets injured but there's going to be collisions and the hutton wasn't the favourite to get the ball to shane was upright but he slid for the ball threw his body at it to you'd want to see your players make the challenge in the box to prevent a goal and that unfortunately in the momentum of the collision that took place left Shane injured, hopefully it's not too bad to we hope that he recovers quickly.

Cristiano Ronaldo is Not a Selfish Player Says Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho.

No goals in his last three club games is plenty of proof the Portugal international is not egocentric, according to the Bernabeu boss and the Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho insists that Cristiano Ronaldo is not a selfish player as the Blancos prepare for their Liga clash against Malaga on Saturday night.

Ronaldo has not scored for Madrid in the league since bagging a hat-trick against Rayo Vallecano last month for the portuguese forward's last goal came against Ajax in the Champions League on September 27 and he failed to find the net against Espanyol, Real Betis and Olympique Lyonnais and the 26-year-old has five assists in the games he has not scored in - proof for Mourinho that his star man is a team player.

I have always said that Cristiano is not a selfish player. He has his own DNA that can't be changed and I won't change it to a Mourinho is quoted as saying by Marca and he has certain characteristics to the team is playing well, looking good front are scoring their goals is not surprising that Cristiano feels good to a malaga are up next for Mourinho and Co and the coach is eager to pick up another 3 points.

The team has been scoring good goals and we have seen excellent movement as a whole, he added and we cannot score four goals every game to although I would like it if we bagged four against Malaga and they are a good team and we face a complicated game to a madrid are third in La Liga with 16 points ahead of Saturday's encounter at la Rosaleda.

Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi will not be leaving the Spanish side for Serie A in January, says Jose Manuel Llaneza.

The Italy international continues to be linked with a move to Italy to his Spain-based club have other ideas as they respond to reports over his future and the Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi will not be leaving the Spanish side for Serie A, insists the club's vice-president Jose Manuel Llaneza.

Rossi, whose agent said he was upset following the 2-1 Champions League defeat to Manchester City in midweek to be has long been linked with a return to Italy and the juventus were reportedly keen on signing him during the summer but talks collapsed over a €30 million transfer fee for the napoli were then linked with the 24-year-old after coach Walter Mazzarri and president Aurelio De Laurentiis said they were interested in signing him.

Recent reports claimed Juventus have reignited their interest in Rossi and view him as a replacement Alessandro Del Piero is expected to leave in 2012 once his contract in Turin expires to the llaneza was keen to elaborate on his players future and made it clear that Rossi to a staying at Villarreal.

We are very happy with the way Rossi has been playing this season, but his excellent performances are nothing new to us, Llaneza told Tuttomercatoweb.com and there "Will we sell him? This is not our intention at all and we are happy with what he is doing for us and we have no reason to sell is nothing regarding Juventus. Giuseppe is staying with Villarreal" and the villarreal are set to welcome Levante to El Madrigal on Sunday night in La Liga.

Fifa confirms World Cup 2014

This will be the 2nd time the country has hosted the competition, the 1st being the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will become the 5th country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany and it will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, the 1st time two consecutive World Cups are staged outside Europe and the 1st time two consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere and the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa.

Fifa confirms World Cup 2014 will kick off in Sao Paulo &amp, end with Rio de Janeiro final and the governing body has released detailed plans of the 20th edition of the showpiece event and, as expected to the final will be at the famous Maracana stadium.

Fifa has confirmed the World Cup 2014 match schedule in Brazil and the tournament hosts will get the party started in Sao Paulo and the 20th edition of the Fifa World Cup will begin on Thursday, June 12, 2014 with the opening match kicking off at 1700 local time.

The final will be held at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 1600 local time.

Transfer News for Chelsea Target Kevin De Bruyne

Chelsea Target Kevin De Bruyne Still Eyeing Move From Genk To ‘Get To A Better Level’ and the Attacking midfielder admits that if he doesn't join to a Stamford Bridge side he would be prepared to transfer to another club and the long as they are 'better' than the Belgian side.

Chelsea target Kevin de Bruyne has revealed that while he'd still jump at the chance to join the London club, he won't rule out a move elsewhere and the Genk midfielder for a featured against Andre Villas-Boas' side last night to insists that he will continue to progress in his career to the targeting a move to a bigger club.

I always try to get to a better level, he told Sky Sports of a it is not good enough for Chelsea then maybe for a team a little lower who are maybe better than Genk to that’s what I’m trying to do," he continued and i am still young side i have maybe 12-15 years left for my career so I have a lot of time to improve myself.

The 20-year-old admitted to being disappointed a deal with the Blues fell through in the summer, but admits the possibility something happens in the summer and Yes, maybe I don’t know and i am not in the conversations between Genk and Chelsea but I hope it will be.